That’s a good point, but I think it still stands that it would help to counter that if something demonstrably superior can be shown as part of a IV reveal.To be honest I think that's very hard to tell with so many taking their lead from a particular fake fan's YouTube rant.
It seems to me a lot of it boils down to people oversimplifying Shenmue as just a revenge story and not properly understanding the wider narrative and themes. Unfortunately videos such as that one have contributed to this.